Monday, April 20, 2009

...sort of, right now at The Roadhouse, Sirius Ch. 62: "I love to hearrrr Bill sing about Kentuckyyyy, and the Allman Brothers' Raaaamblin' Man...we put the music all togetherrrrr, so dance to the Boogie Grass Baaaand...."I never would have thought of calling the Allman Brothers' sound anything like "boogie grass," but again, I don't think the line between Bill Monroe and the Allmans was that long or that winding. Of course, I'm sure there are those who would beg to differ. I'll freely admit my own perspective is a bit skewed; as you might know, most of the music I blog about here came out either before I was born or when I was really too young to understand it. Just as an example, that particular Conway Twitty song ("Boogie Grass Band") was released in 1978, when I wasn't even a year old; and at the other end of the musical spectrum, the last of what one would call the old-school Metallica records, ...And Justice For All, was released ten years later. So I approach it as one who looks back on it all, not as one who listened to the music when it was on the charts. I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see some aghast at some of those old Southern rock records being played on the classic country stations nowadays, never mind the suggestion that they actually fit pretty well. They'd probably be some of the same people who didn't care for the pop influences of Conway Twitty. Not that I'm saying that's bad, just making the observation. Some of his songs I didn't like precisely because of those influences. ("Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night," anyone? Blech.) He could sure nail the country sound when he wanted to, though.Speaking of blurring the genres and the perspective of folks older than myself, AlanDP has some observations of his own as an older music fan. All of which I absolutely agree with.

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About Me

I am a very opinionated guy, Texan and quite proud of it. I lean toward the right politically but have a few libertarian tendencies that my conservative brothers and sisters might not agree with. I like guns, old country music and a lot of other things.

Essential Reading

False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils, except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be supposed that those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity, the most important of the code, will respect the less important and arbitrary ones, which can be violated with ease and impunity, and which, if strictly obeyed, would put an end to personal liberty -- so dear to men, so dear to the enlightened legislator -- and subject innocent persons to all the vexations that the guilty alone ought to suffer? Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.-- Cesare Beccaria, in On Crimes And Punishments, later quoted by Thomas Jefferson

Echo

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.-- Alexander Hamilton